I still don't think this is a bug. If audio-recorder produces files with colons in the name, it needs to ensure that avconv/avprobe is called with file:.
** Changed in: libav (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to libav in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1436728 Title: Cannot open file: avprobe mis-interprets some file names. Status in libav package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Hello, I am using audio-recorder to produce some audio files of types .ogg, .flac and .mp3. I just discovered that avprobe command cannot open the file names produced by the recorder. Avprobe mis-interprets the file given as argument. An example. $ avprobe -show_format -show_streams -pretty "2015-03-24-21:11:13.mp3" avprobe version 11.2-6:11.2-1, Copyright (c) 2007-2014 the Libav developers built on Jan 18 2015 05:12:33 with gcc 4.9.2 (Ubuntu 4.9.2-10ubuntu2) 2015-03-24-21:11:13.mp3: Protocol not found # avprobe output --- Let's rename 2015-03-24-21:11:13.mp3 to test1.mp3. $ cp 2015-03-24-21:11:13.mp3 test1.mp3 $ avprobe -show_format -show_streams -pretty "test1.mp3" avprobe version 11.2-6:11.2-1, Copyright (c) 2007-2014 the Libav developers built on Jan 18 2015 05:12:33 with gcc 4.9.2 (Ubuntu 4.9.2-10ubuntu2) [mp3 @ 0x146ad20] max_analyze_duration 5000000 reached Input #0, mp3, from 'test1.mp3': Duration: 00:04:41.86, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 92 kb/s Stream #0.0: Audio: mp3, 44100 Hz, 2 channels, s16p, 92 kb/s # avprobe output [format] filename=test1.mp3 nb_streams=1 format_name=mp3 format_long_name=MP2/3 (MPEG audio layer 2/3) start_time=0\:00\:00.000000 duration=0\:04\:41.861224 size=3.109Mibyte bit_rate=92.536Kbit/s ... start_time=0\:00\:00.000000 duration=0\:04\:41.861224 And avprobe opens test1.mp3 fine. ----------------------------------------------------- Example 2: $ avprobe -show_format -show_streams -pretty "2015-02-20-22:21:25.ogg" avprobe version 11.2-6:11.2-1, Copyright (c) 2007-2014 the Libav developers built on Jan 18 2015 05:12:33 with gcc 4.9.2 (Ubuntu 4.9.2-10ubuntu2) 2015-02-20-22:21:25.ogg: Protocol not found # avprobe output Rename it. $ cp 2015-02-20-22:21:25.ogg test1.ogg And now it works. $ avprobe -show_format -show_streams -pretty "test1.ogg" avprobe version 11.2-6:11.2-1, Copyright (c) 2007-2014 the Libav developers built on Jan 18 2015 05:12:33 with gcc 4.9.2 (Ubuntu 4.9.2-10ubuntu2) Input #0, ogg, from 'test1.ogg': Duration: 00:00:55.18, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 162 kb/s Stream #0.0: Audio: vorbis, 44100 Hz, stereo, fltp, 160 kb/s # avprobe output [format] filename=test1.ogg nb_streams=1 ... time_base=1/44100 start_time=0\:00\:00.000000 duration=0\:00\:55.183673 ----------------------------------------------- Ref: The audio-recorder program. https://launchpad.net/~audio-recorder Version of avprobe: $ avprobe --version avprobe version 11.2-6:11.2-1, Copyright (c) 2007-2014 the Libav developers built on Jan 18 2015 05:12:33 with gcc 4.9.2 (Ubuntu 4.9.2-10ubuntu2) Linux system: $ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu Vivid Vervet (development branch) Release: 15.04 Codename: vivid EOL. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: libav-tools 6:11.2-1 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-999-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.16.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Thu Mar 26 07:59:16 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-01-28 (56 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Alpha amd64 (20150128) SourcePackage: libav UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libav/+bug/1436728/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp